Sour worted saison plus fruit

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  1. primrose54

    primrose54 Initiate (0) Apr 7, 2009 Ohio

    i want to make a saison with a touch of funk and sourness and I wanted to add some fruit. What fruit will work best with Wyeast 3724? Recipe will be similar to the averagely perfect saison.
     
  2. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
    Pooh-Bah

  3. reverseapachemaster

    reverseapachemaster Zealot (722) Sep 21, 2012 Texas

    If you plan on souring the beer you can go with a number of fruit options including tropical fruit that are low in acidity that otherwise would be muddled and flabby in the beer. You would want to be careful about balancing the acidity from souring and the acidity from the fruit with particularly acidic fruit like raspberries.
     
  4. Brew_Betty

    Brew_Betty Initiate (0) Jan 5, 2015 Wisconsin

    Apricot gets my vote.
     
  5. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
    Pooh-Bah

    How do you like to add the fruit? I made a Berliner last fall that didn't get as sour as I wanted. I added a 3# can of apricot puree. The combination of the sugar for the lactic bacteria and the natural acidity of the fruit gave me something that reminded me of Smarties candies -- tart tasty with indistinguishable fruit character. Maybe more apricot, or maybe a different form...
     
  6. Brew_Betty

    Brew_Betty Initiate (0) Jan 5, 2015 Wisconsin

    I've had good luck with 6# of puree. Also used 4# of dried apricots once before. Both tasted like apricots, but I think I liked the dried apricots a little more.
     
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